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Say what, now? (discuss.tchncs.de)
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[–] 17lifers@sopuli.xyz 5 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

yes, bad naming

[–] bigfondue@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

They wanted to ride the coattails of Java's popularity. They knew what they were doing

[–] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

as car is to carpet

[–] kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 hours ago

Or ham to hamster.